Nanny State

[Sundae]

I've had more than one customer say something like, "Ohoho, more than your job's worth?" especially about the rotisserie chickens.

Well, yes, in fact it is not worth me losing my job to give you a chicken for free rather than putting it in the bin.
And yes it's a crazy screwed up world and I've always hated waste.
But I would geniunely lose my job for gross misconduct if I gave it to you, or sold it at a nominal amount after the four hour holding time mandated in law.
The paper record is there to protect customers (it's the same in every supermarket) and can trace every batch of chickens sold from farm to fork.
(It was also used as evidence for a prosecution quite recently - falsifying documents to commit fraud, as in selling discounted items to family)

You are not starving.
You are not hiding from the Nazis in an attic.
You are shopping in a high-end supermarket.
How about I come to your workplace and ask for a minor favour that saves me about £3 and lost you your job?
Ohohohoho, who's the jobsworth now?